The Doctor Who team have announced a sudden change in direction for the series. In a bold move, apparently the fourth season will see the Doctor going back in time to solve a mystery with prolific crime writer Agatha Christie. Obviously, I'm being a touch sarcastic as this exact same plot has been used before, with Shakespeare and Dickens both receiving a visit from our time-travelling friend.
How do the writers come up with their ideas? Well, it turns out they use the patented Doctor Who Storyline Generator machine which - not unlike Madonna's fridge magnets - can be used to suggest a period, a guest character and a baddie that can be mixed up into a formulaic episode. I've had a go with Doctor Who Storyline Generator myself, and here are five scenarios which may make series five...
1. The Doctor travels back to 1886 to help Robert Louis Stevenson battle an army of marauding manic James Nesbits who want him to create a new series for the Yellow Pages advert star.
2. The Doctor travels back to 1890 to help Thomas Hardy fight a troupe of marauding mime artists who are intent on injecting more humour into his novels.
3. The Doctor travels back to 1994 to help Gladiators contestant Eunice Huthart stop marauding aliens in atlaspheres sent by Sharon Davies who really wants to be one of the Gladiators.
4. The Doctor travels back to 1998 to help Phil Redmond fight an army of marauding Musgroves who are planning another pointless explosion in yet another disastrous revamp attempt. I mean, who in their right mind would axe Greg Shadwick, eh?
5. The Doctor travels back to 1997 to help Joss Whedon come up with a freak-of-the-week-based fantasy series and nicks a few ideas along the way...
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